NYS DOT 47 MHz Low Band Duplex Frequencies

[ig7180]

Greetings,
I have have all of the 47 MHz NYS DOT Duplex pairs programmed as per NYS Department of Transportation (New York) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and actively scanning all along the I-90 Mohawk Valley corridor between Schenectady and Utica NY using properly tuned antenna(s) with not a single hit recorded on any of these channels for several years. Might they have migrated elsewhere? I hear many respective county DPW road departments plow operations on VHF without issue but nothing on DOT low band. I understand I-90 NYS Thruway maintenance can be heard on their respective 453 MHz freqs. Any ideas for the many parallel roads ie NY-5, NY-5s and numerous North/South NYS highways.

Thanks and safe holiday travels

 

[k2hz]

What type of scanner and antenna are you using? Since operation is simplex and most typical scanner antennas are very inefficient on Low Band you may only be able to hear mobiles a mile or 2 away. Most activity is mobile to mobile and only when plowing or engaged in other operations involving multiple units. I find that base activity in my area (Rochester, Finger Lakes) has been very infrequent in recent years. They probably primarily use cell phones now.

In my area most DOT plowing is only on the expressways with most State highways plowed by the local Town Highway department.

 

[DaveNF2G]

In the Capital District, there is still some traffic on low band. NYSDOT has talkgroups on all of the regional P25 systems.

 

[MB]

They are still using low band in my area but the radio traffic has gone down considerably over the last couple years.

 

[GTR8000]

NYSDOT has talkgroups on all of the regional P25 systems.

No, they absolutely do not.

Why is it that so many of your posts contain so much misinformation over such a long period of time? Do you even bother to put any effort into getting it right?

 

[DaveNF2G]

I report based on what I hear, not on what "official" sources tell me.

 

[seagravebuff60]

In the Hudson Valley, all NYS Roads are maintained/plowed by NYS DOT, which also includes most highways, like 84 and the Taconic/Sprain. The county handles county roads. The town handles the local named roads.

I have all the low-band frequencies programmed into my 15X, and I've recorded almost no traffic over 7 years of monitoring them. But as @k2hz mentioned, anything I hear is on the mobile-to-mobile frequencies, and even that is sometimes dead. I hear more traffic on the UHF Thruway Maintenance Frequencies than I do on the NYS DOT lowband.

 

[Quickcall]

I report based on what I hear, not on what "official" sources tell me.

Also how mainstream media reports. Good choice.

 

[GTR8000]

I report based on what I hear, not on what "official" sources tell me.

Considering NYSDOT doesn't have any operational talkgroups on any P25 system in NYS, you may want to get that condition checked out, because you're definitely hearing things!